An old man trips over a dead body, becoming the eyewitness in a murder investigation. The only problem? He’s blind
Type:
Short
Status:
For sale
Page Count:
37pp
Genre:
Crime, Thriller
Budget:
Shoestring
Age Rating:
13+
Synopsis/Details

Late at night, Harold, a veteran soldier who became blind in the war, feels his way into the dark and damp hallway of his apartment building. His cane hits something soft. It’s no garbage bag, as he first assumes. It’s a body. A woman’s body. Lifeless.

He can’t see her, but Harold smells a trace of blood… and the perfume of someone else. Someone still there. Someone watching. Then a door creaks. Was it another witness like him… or the killer?

Maybe it’s a message. Maybe it’s payback from a past he’s tried to forget. Or was the young woman killed by one of his neighbors, now all shaken?

Could it be Cindy, the sweet college student next door? Or Theo, the restless artist who never sleeps? And Dr. Ambrosius, the charming plastic surgeon who makes women beautiful — did he make a fatal mistake?
Any of them could be next. Any of them could be guilty. Harold can’t see their faces… but he can smell their lies.
Who did it? Or rather — who didn’t? And who will solve this case: the police… or Harold himself?

All Accolades & Coverage

Overall Top 2% of Coverfly Red List and in the top 10 Thriller Shorts 2020
Winner GOLDEN NIB Crime Genre at Let's Make It! Screenwriting Contest - 2021
Finalist, Filmmatic Short Screenplay Awards Season 6 - 2021
Semi-finalist Tabel Read my Screenplay - Crime Genre - 2021
Top 100 Table Read My Screenplay Genre Screenplay Competition 2021
Quarterfinalist, Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards 2022 Spring
Quarterfinalist, Screenwriters Network - SWN Screenplay Competition Short Film

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The Writer: Benn Flore

Benn Flore is a Dutch published writer and marketeer with his own agency Florad Fantasy. Today he works on novels, screenplays and every year one (short) movie production on days he isn't playing soccer with his grandchildren. Long time ago he wrote for Dutch tv-comedians and had his cartoons published in newspapers. Benn took up writing again after retrieving from his local marketing company. Five of Flore's books are published, some have been (native) translated into English and adapted into short movies. Awards starting with his first novel In 2010 Benn Flore won the Dutch local version of the Roosevelt Award by the Roosevelt Academy with his first novel 'Three Religions, One Killer'.… Go to bio
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